Dear White's,

Back in July, my buddy, Rob and I were hitting the site where we had found numerous Colonial coins and buttons. Now, since this particular field is still planted with corn and we had hit it numerous times on several occasions, the signals were becoming sparse. But, I still had the belief that there was "something" else still waiting to be discovered.

On this July afternoon, I decided to focus on "iffy" signals and dig all the iron that I could. My thought, at that time, was, "If I dug the iron out, the coins or buttons that were masked, would become more evident." While slaving through the cornrows on this 90 degree afternoon, I got a couple buttons that were "jumpy" readings on my Pro XL meter. These finds kept my enthusiasm at a high, so I continued on my quest for at least one elusive copper coin. I had that feeling that a coin would be recovered, if I stayed focused. So, being a focused dude, I worked the field with some metal detecting toughness. While scanning up a row, I got a "jumpy" 50-75 VDI reading on my meter that pinpointed at 3.5'. Being the professional that I am, I made sure to dig a larger hole so that I wouldn't 'deck' the artifact waiting to be discovered. Once I dug some dirt out and slammed it near my hole, I noticed a green disc fall off my shovel. I knew I had excavated a Colonial coin, but what would it be? The coin turned out to be a 1793 George Washington Ship Halfpenny. As stated by a Colonial coin expert, "I have never seen one dug before. Excellent, rare coin! The coin would probably sell for around $250-500."

This field has been very kind to us. So far, we have found 5 Colonial coppers and about 30 Colonial buttons. We are just waiting for the kind farmer to use his plow to bring some more artifacts to the surface. I owe all of my success to the best metal detecting brand on the market....WHITE'S!

Kirk

I wasn’t able to do any metal detecting this past weekend because I had to replace my dad’s roof. All week all I could think about is an old farmhouse that I got permission to detect. Last night after we were done my dad said for me to get my metal detector and find all the nails that we missed in the yard. (all I could think was that I bought a White’s XLT, so I don’t find nails).

After about 50 nails I started digging some better signals and got a dime and quarter in the yard. After dinner that night I went back over and found some more nails in the back yard. When I got a solid 87vdi reading at 4.5” I thought this might be a silver quarter, because my dad built his house in 1951. I had to dig it, the next thing that happened was almost a blur…. I pulled out a greenish large copper disc and thought NO WAY! I was literally shaking! After about an hour of soaking the disc, I gently brushed the coin and saw the cap behind the head and there was a date. I am pretty sure it says 1794, but it may be 1795, either way it is my oldest American coin.

I will say if it wasn’t for my XLT, I would not be as obsessed with this hobby as I am now. This has been the best detecting year for me hands down! Just this year I have found an 1801 and 1853 large cent, 1864 two cent piece, 1840 Seated Liberty dime, 1898 Barber dime, numerous Mercury and Roosevelt dimes, 1937 Walking Liberty Half and even an 1899 Morgan Silver dollar.

I am still in disbelief that I found all this, thank you White’s for building an awesome machine!

Bill G.

Dear White's,

My husband bought me a DFX for my birthday a few years ago; I have to say I love this detector. At first it seemed a bit on the difficult side to learn, but after a week or so I started to make some really nice finds especially older silver coins and some gold jewelry.

Last month while on vacation to Southern California I had a chance to detect an old park my parents used to take me to as a child, The first thing I noticed was this park was full of pull tabs and bottle caps, boy was I frustrated. My husband brought his MXT and was having the same trouble so he switched from his 950 coil to the 5.3 Eclipse and bang a nice silver Rosie dime at only a few inches. I didn’t have high hopes but he told me to go back where I started detecting and see if I could find any coins around the trashy areas. Well it seemed at that point the coins were popping out of the ground within 30 minutes I found a few dollars in clad and a nice Mercury dime also. I wish I had more time at the park, but it was getting late so we packed it up to go and visit some family.

The next day we started to head back home to Northern California on the way my husband decided to stop and see a friend who conveniently lives by a really nice swimming hole my husband had detected a few times as a teenager. As soon as we got to his friend’s house my husband said lets head over to the lake and do a little detecting so we did, his friend said I see you still are using Whites detectors, my husband said what else would I use. His friend said I know what you mean, I tried some others and came back to Whites and now I’m using a DFX and loving it. We only had a few hours of detecting, but in those few hours our combined finds were 2 gold rings, a nice 14k ring and a 10k ring,  2 silver rings, some junk jewelry and a bunch of clad coins.

I love the versatility of my DFX I can set a program for just about anything I want to hunt for, coins, jewelry, relics you name it’s as easy as set up and go find some great stuff. Thanks Whites I love my DFX.

Ann in CA

Dear Whites,

I would like to submit this story to your "Treasure Stories" feature!

I began metal detecting about 6 weeks ago and was having a blast. Approximately two weeks ago, I dumped the detector that I had just purchased (much to the displeasure of my wife), and bought a White’s XLT.

I had hunted a Civil War training camp several times prior to purchasing the XLT, after getting my White’s detector I immediately went back to the camp with my 4 year old daughter (assistant digger) at my side. While searching I hit a strong quarter signal that displayed a depth of 6.5”. While digging the hole, I noticed a very shinny silver sticking out of the side. I was overjoyed!

I expected to see the first silver coin with my new detector. I pulled it out of the ground and it was better than a silver coin! I had found what appeared to be an old copper and silver hair clip! I ran home and cleaned it up, after doing some quick research on the internet (and without my success) I was off to the antique store. The owner told me that is was on 1860’s Victorian era stag pin in beautiful condition. Oh, and the copper was GOLD!!! She estimated the value at $250.

I'll have to go back and research all the areas I checked with the other detector! I am a White’s customer for life,

Thank You,

Aaron G. in St. Charles, IL

Dear fine people at White's,

I wanted to thank you for making great detectors for so many years. I have been metal detecting since I was a young boy in the early 1970’s and I have always used White’s detectors. I currently own an XLT and I have to say it’s one awesome machine!

I recently revisited an area that I had previously hunted and has been hunted by many others over the years. This area is near a small stream that has been a popular swim and fishing location as far back as anyone can remember. There is also an old building that stands on the property that was used as a roller skating rink in the early 1900’s and was turned into a small restaurant for a few years. It has been boarded up and used for storage for a number of years.

In the past I have found wheat pennies and some silver coins at this location. After searching around for about 1 ½ hours and finding only 2 pennies and a dime that were both clad I thought this area had finally dried up. I decided to walk along the top of the bank of the stream, after about 10 minutes I had a strong signal that showed a penny/ dime reading. About 4 inches down and in a lot of stone and out came a quarter sized coin that I couldn’t make out since it was so blackened.

Thinking it should have been silver I was confused on what it could have been. I placed it in my pouch and continued to hunt. A short while later I pulled it out again and this time in the bright sunlight I could see the silhouette of what looked like a lady and on the back I could barely make out the words Half Cent. At this point my heart raced a little with the thought of holding a Half Cent in my possession. After returning home I worked at gently cleaning it for hours and in the end revealed that it was an 1804 Draped Bust Half Cent. Needless to say I was stunned. Although it is worn from the many years in the ground it is by far the oldest and the best find I have.

Thanks again for your many years of dedication in making the best metal detectors on the market.

Bill in PA